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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... felt about it.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
The
minute we saw this
compromising fact for
what it was, we
asked the
prospective publicity
director how he
felt about
it.
2.
... felt and seen means anything at all, ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
If what we have
learned and
felt and seen
means anything at
all, it
means that all of us, whatever our
race,
creed, or
color are the
children of a
living Creator with whom
we may
form a
relationship upon
simple and
understandable terms
as soon as we are
willing and
honest enough to
try.
3.
... felt as he does, but you doubt ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Tell him you once
felt as he does, but you
doubt whether you would have made much
progress had you not
taken
action.
4.
... felt as though he lived in hell.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
While
pondering the
answer he
felt as though he
lived in
hell.
5.
... felt as though the gates of hell ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Our
friend felt as though
the
gates of
hell had
closed on him with a
clang.
6.
... felt at once.
BB p.63,
How It Works
This was only a
beginning, though if
honestly and
humbly made,
an
effect, sometimes a very
great one, was
felt at once.
7.
... felt at times that we were regaining ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
8.
... felt bad, when in fact we were ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
9.
... felt different; in fact we knew different; ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
10.
... felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
11.
... felt especially virtuous as I thought of ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
12.
... felt fine.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
13.
... felt, for the first time, the Presence ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Many of us have
felt, for the
first time, the
Presence and
Power of
God within its walls.
14.
... felt his only hope would be through ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
His
alcoholic problem
was so
complex, and his
depression so
great, that
we
felt his only
hope would be
through what we then called "
moral psychology," and we
doubted if even that would have any
effect.
15.
... felt hungry so I stopped at a ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
On the way I
felt hungry so
I
stopped at a
roadside
place where they have a
bar.
16.
... felt, I believed.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
At
long last I saw, I
felt, I
believed.
17.
... felt I had every right to be ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I
felt I had every
right to
be
self-
confident, that
it would be only a
matter of
exercising my will
power
and
keeping on
guard.
18.
... felt I'd better do some Twelfth Step ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
19.
... felt in that hotel room.
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
Ed never confided any more of what he saw and
felt in that
hotel room.
20.
... felt irritated that I had to be ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I
remember I
felt irritated that I had to be a
salesman for a
concern I
once
owned.
21.
... felt it perfectly natural that we were ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
22.
... felt it right to explain his new ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
23.
... felt lifted up, as though the great ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
I
felt lifted up, as though
the
great clean wind of a
mountain top blew through and through.
24.
... felt like Napoleon returning from Elba.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
25.
... felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, ...
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a
drinking problem, we
hope that you may
pause in
reading one of
the
forty-
two personal stories and
think: "Yes, that
happened
to me"; or, more
important, "Yes, I've
felt like that"; or, most
important, "Yes, I
believe this
program can
work for me too."
26.
... felt new power flow in, as we ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
27.
... felt obliged to tell your husband's employer ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Frequently, you have
felt obliged to tell your
husband's
employer and his
friends that he was
sick,
when as a
matter of
fact he
was
tight.
28.
... felt only the first nip of the ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
He had
felt only the
first nip of the
wringer.
29.
... felt our lives and homes were threatened, ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
We were
grim because we
felt
our
lives and
homes were
threatened, and that was no
laughing matter.
30.
... felt reassured as I was taking the ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I
vaguely sensed I was
not being any too
smart, but
felt reassured as I was
taking the
whiskey on a
full stomach.
31.
... felt resentment.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
We made a
list of people I had
hurt or
toward whom I
felt resentment.
32.
... felt that A.A. is a group unto ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. G.
Kirby Collier,
psychiatrist:
"I have
felt that
A.A. is a
group unto themselves and their
best results can be had under
their
own guidance, as a
result of their
philosophy.
33.
... felt that he had done a wrong ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
He
felt that he had done a
wrong he could not
possibly
make
right.
34.
... felt that we had plenty of character.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
Many of us
felt that we had
plenty of
character.
35.
... felt the presence of God.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Many an
A.A., once
agnostic
or
atheistic, tells us that it was during this
stage of
Step Five that he
first actually felt the
presence of
God.
36.
... felt the same way.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
I have since
talked with
scores of
men who
felt the same way.
37.
... felt they had to give to others ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
So, you see, there were
three alcoholics in that
town,
who now
felt they had to
give
to others what they had
found, or be
sunk.
38.
... felt they had wronged us.
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Often it was while
working on this
Step with our
sponsors or
spiritual advisers that
we
first felt truly able to
forgive others,
no
matter how
deeply we
felt they had
wronged us.
39.
... felt this was inevitable and wondered if ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I
felt this was
inevitable and
wondered
if the
bank was doing the
man
an
injustice.
40.
... felt this way can certainly understand and ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
Those of us who once
felt this way can
certainly understand
and
sympathize.
41.
... felt truly able to forgive others, no ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Often it was while
working on this
Step with our
sponsors or
spiritual advisers that
we
first felt truly able to
forgive others,
no
matter how
deeply we
felt they had
wronged us.
42.
... felt very happy and secure ourselves.
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
Where people had
temporarily let us
run their
lives as though they
were still
children, we had
felt very
happy and
secure ourselves.
43.
... felt we could float above the rest ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Secretly, we
felt we could
float above the
rest of the
folks on our
brainpower
alone.
44.
... felt we didn't deserve.
BB p.67,
How It Works
It
set in
motion trains of
circumstances which brought us
misfortune we
felt we
didn't
deserve.
45.
... felt we were winning at the game ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
"As
material success founded upon no more than these
ordinary attributes began to
come to us, we
felt we were
winning at the
game of
life.
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